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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris2" data-source="post: 402622" data-attributes="member: 495">Mary Frann was a fine performer and she had good chemistry with Bob Newhart. But she wasn’t a comic actress like Suzanne Pleshette was. Carlene Watkins from ”Bob“ had the opposite problem; she was a good comic actress but had little chemistry with Newhart. Pleshette had both qualities, so the “Bob Newhart” writers were able to mine a lot of story and laughs from Bob/Emily.But the “Newhart” writers couldn’t lean on the Dick/Joanna relationship for laughs and had to turn elsewhere. Which is why the supporting cast went through changes in the early years of the show, and why they had to lean too heavily on Stephanie/Michael once the cast settled in.</blockquote>